frighten
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There are many risks that can frighten the bond market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
"We feel responsible for starting to inform society about the rapid and dynamic technological changes which personally frighten us," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
He’s a student of life as much as he is filmmaking, a humanist who forges connections with spectacular sights of the things that frighten and fascinate us the most.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
“They tell you to alert the bear to make sure you don’t frighten it. I called, ‘Hey bear!
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
“If we wanted to frighten them with thunder, then you might be useful.”
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
What frightens Ms. Stern most isn’t simply that the AfD might become stronger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
I have to admit your creativity frightens me a little.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
It frightens me how painfully ironic it feels to cover a film about my industry’s demise when it was “The Devil Wears Prada” that pointed me here in the first place.
From Salon ● May 1, 2026
I’m not here to persuade you to fly if it frightens you that much.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026
And it is this which frightens me: Who knows but that, on the lower frequencies, I speak for you?
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
In the story’s climax, a frightened Ichabod encounters the terrible spirit on the way home from a party—or is it Brom, playing an elaborate prank?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
His attorneys had argued that the escape was instigated by a former Luster attorney who frightened him into running for his life, repeatedly telling him he’d be killed in prison.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
The mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, said that he had witnessed "smashed shop windows, looted stores, and frightened citizens".
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
The 68-year-old was frightened and found it hard to sleep after a rogue builder left her roof with dislodged bricks and blocked gutters.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Abby looked more frightened now than she had during the earthquake.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
Other Mommy promises to nurture Bela, but clearly she represents the worst type of matriarch imaginable: one who is frightening, controlling and dangerous.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
"I'm north African and it's frightening for everyone who has the same background," the 50-year-old told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
She said: "After working all my life I didn't expect to be constantly worrying about how to keep warm at my age. It is really quite frightening."
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Articles about AI are sprinkled with metaphors that evoke frightening cinematic images.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Meanwhile, Quinby excavated with an energy that was almost frightening.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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